24:
By on Mar 12th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
24:
Number of “significant human rights problems” reported in Iraq in 2007, according to the State Department’s newest annual human rights report. Abuses include “human trafficking,” “torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment,” and “restrictions on religious freedom.” This number of abuses is up from the 17 reported in 2006 and 2005.
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Significant human rights problems are on the march in Iraq ; wonder when Democracy actually will be , which everyone was bullshitted about ……….?
March 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pmBy a strange coincidence that is also the number used to justify most of the “human rights problems” :
March 12th, 2008 at 1:26 pm“On 24, Jack Bauer had to…”
“24 makes it clear that torture is a necessary evil…”
“If 24 has taught me anything, it’s taught me that human trafficking can be sexy…”
24?… I think someone dropped a couple of zeros!
March 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm24: the show republicans BUILD their policies on….
March 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pmIt would seem to me that Saddam had a better track record than that. :-/
A∞Ω
March 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pmso THAT’s what they meant when they said “liberate”. now i get it.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pmUh, Fan of Man…
Wouldn’t that read better if it said, “Build their fallacies on”?
Or even better better: “Relieve their phalluses to”?
March 12th, 2008 at 1:35 pm24 is just the number that they are telling you…you can bet that there are a whole lot more than 24. Do they do the math by saying, “Well, number 3 was an entire city, that counts a one, don’t it?”
Buck Hussein Fush
March 12th, 2008 at 1:41 pmI’m so glad that we’re bringing more than democracy to Iraq. What sort of guests would we be if all we brought was one ‘gift’?
March 12th, 2008 at 1:41 pmThe United States doesn’t torture. We just fund people who do.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:43 pm313
Number of days left of this criminal and failed administration.
Comment by Dr. Matt
I wouldn’t be too sure about that.
A∞Ω
March 12th, 2008 at 1:43 pm1,184,000 number of people killed
March 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm4,500,000 number of people who have lost their homes
1 in 8 number of Iraqi children who die before their fifth birthday
$3,000,000,000,000.00 cost to future US taxpayers
toaster, the US doesn’t torture because we have now changed the definition of torture so we can say “the US does not torture”.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pm““torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishmentâ€
What’s wrong with that? Our great (moronic) leaders say this is OK…
March 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pmThe surge (in human rights abuses) is WORKING!!!!!
March 12th, 2008 at 1:57 pm.
Democracy at the end of the gun…
During the year the following significant human rights problems were reported: a pervasive climate of violence; misappropriation of official authority by sectarian, criminal and extremist groups; arbitrary deprivation of life; disappearances; torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; impunity; poor conditions in pretrial detention and prison facilities; denial of fair public trials; delays in resolving property restitution claims; immature judicial institutions lacking capacity; arbitrary arrest and detention; arbitrary interference with privacy and home; other abuses in internal conflicts; limitations on freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and association due to sectarianism and extremist threats and violence; restrictions on religious freedom; restrictions on freedom of movement; large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees; lack of protection of refugees and stateless persons; lack of transparency and widespread, severe corruption at all levels of government; constraints on international organizations and nongovernmental organizations’ (NGOs) investigations of alleged violations of human rights; discrimination against and societal abuses of women, ethnic, and religious minorities; human trafficking; societal discrimination and violence against individuals based on sexual orientation; and limited exercise of labor rights.
Sectarian, ethnic and extremist violence, coupled with weak government performance in upholding the rule of law, resulted in widespread, severe, human rights abuses. On one side, Sunni Arab extremist groups such as the terrorist organization Al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI) and other extremist elements launched attacks against Shi’a and other Sunnis, fueling sectarian tensions and undermining the government’s ability to maintain law and order. On the other side, predominantly Shi’a armed paramilitary groups, some substantially incorporated into the ISF, also frequently killed and forced Sunnis to leave their homes and move to predominantly Sunni areas. Religious minorities, sometimes labeled “anti-Islamic,” were caught in the violence. Extremists and AQI conducted high-profile bombings of Shi’a markets and mosques and killed Shi’a religious pilgrims. Death squads, individuals carrying out reprisal killings, and terrorist groups attacked and killed ordinary citizens as well as prominent officials, often on a sectarian basis. Amidst attacks, which caused thousands of deaths, Shi’a armed groups fought each other for control of the nine provinces in the South, especially in Basrah. Insurgents also carried out a number of attacks against civilians in the North, where there were also conflicts among ethnic groups. During the year, despite some reconciliation and easing of tensions in several provinces, the government’s human rights performance fell consistently short of according citizens the protections provided for by the law.
Mission Accomplished?
Was Iraq this profitable under Saddam?
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March 12th, 2008 at 2:22 pmHow many human rights problems in the US?
March 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pmHow many human rights problems in the US?
Comment by Zooey — March 12, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
Just a few. According to the Amnesty International Annual Report:
March 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Don Siegelman is a political prisoner in the USA.
Is this the dawn of the American Gulag?
March 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pmDo they count those perpetrated by DoD contractors, I wonder?
March 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pmThe Anti-Socialist letters
Throughout our country’s history men in times of great importance have reached out as a friend of the people, to try and change their minds on issues that they felt would strengthen the union, in an attempt to avoid situations that would brake it. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay reached out to the people through the Federalist Papers, which were written in favor of the Constitution, and I believe that in this time they would do as I.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:08 pmI write this letter, and the many others that will follow it, to the people of this great nation to try and convince them that two of the three presidential nominees are pretend patriots. They wish to prey on the weak, poor, and those who have received an education far different from that of our founding fathers. George Washington said, “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism” and this is my intention. I say with careful reflection on Washington’s words and the issues that these pretended patriots wish to raise taxes on “the rich”, implement socialized medicine, pull our troops out of Iraq, and long list of other things that will stifle our countries liberty and in danger our lives. Our founding fathers feared that this government would fall and this the question of many Americans time, will be whether this union that was created with a great deal of care and consideration will start to sway or not.
The people of Rome, known as the mob, wanted more done for them by their country and because of laziness and a lack of ambition the people blindly voted Julius Caesar into power. The events that transpired resulted in the people’s loss of a freedom they took for granted. Though it was lost there were men who tried to stop it. America is in danger of voting their freedom away, I fear, and it brings to mind the words I fear to few Americans have heard. That “those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” Those words that Winston Churchill spoke as a guide that those men, who have been blessed to learn history, must not stand idly by while their government or the world has the implications of destruction.
So I say to you that though their is not a great candidate like that of Washington or Lincoln in the bunch to cast away your personal wants in the hope of the preservation of liberty, a liberty that was won by patriots and has been kept safe by the lives of fallen heroes. There is a protector of liberty, a true patriot, and he whom many on either side of the spectrum assure that his word is true. He will protect our freedom, if given the opportunity, though he can not prevent us losing it in the future. The choice is yours, whether you retain your freedom or lose it.
With hope for liberty,
PUBLIUS
Hey,
March 18th, 2008 at 6:05 pmBrutus’s friend is here! Care to stab anyone else in the back, Publius? Oh, the poor and middle-class?? Mision Accomplished!!
BTW
Way to hide your post on a dead thread!! Courage, another service Publius offends.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pmThats some hermaneutic crud Publius. Rome was an empire and ALL empires fail because they are based on greed and materialism.
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May 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pmWho do you think should be picked as VP running mate?
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:42 am